AIKEN, S.C. — A bank teller had a million reasons to deny this transaction. Police say a man tried to open an account with a $1 million bill, which does not exist. The teller at Regions Bank in Clearwater, S.C., refused and called authorities while the man started to curse at bank workers, said Aiken County sheriff’s spokesman Lt. Michael Frank.
Alexander D. Smith, 31, of Augusta, Ga., was charged with disorderly conduct and two counts of forgery, Frank said.
The second forgery charge came after investigators learned that Smith bought several cartons of cigarettes from a nearby grocery store with a stolen check, Frank said.
Smith was being held at the Aiken County jail Wednesday in lieu of $257 bail.
Deputy public defender Kelley Perkins Brown said she did not yet know whether her office would represent Smith.
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